David C. Anson photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01312

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of videotapes of Skyview Psychiatric Unit, Death House and Diagnotic units, prisoners Jerry Ray Bolden and Robert Excell White, and East Prison field work; black and white and color photographic documentation of Gatesville, Ferguson, Wynne State Farm, Goree, Eastham, Ellis I, The Walls, and Diagnostic units of the Texas Prison System. Also included are two folders about death row inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Information Office.

Dates

Creation: 1992

Creator

Anson, David C. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

A portion of this collection is restricted; contact repository for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

Biographical Note

David C. Anson (1947-2012) was an attorney in Tuscon, Arizona. In 1992 he received permission to videotape and take still photographs in various Texas prison units. The photographs were taken by Michael A. Murphey and John McConlee who at the time were students at the University of Texas.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

David C. Anson is an attorney in Tuscon, Arizona. In 1992 he received permission to videotape and take still photographs in various Texas prison units. Videotapes of Skyview Psychiatric Unit, Death House and Diagnotic units, prisoners Jerry Ray Bolden and Robert Excell White, and East Prison field work; black and white and color photographic documentation of Gatesville, Ferguson, Wynne State Farm, Goree, Eastham, Ellis I, The Walls, and Diagnostic units of the Texas Prison System.

Accession Number(s)

1993-124; 1993-396

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.